From November 21 – December 13, 2009, Travel Dynamics International will follow in the footsteps of Sir Ernest Shackleton, cruising to South Georgia Island, the South Orkneys, Elephant Island (where Shackleton climbed a mountain range following a 700-mile open-boat trip) and the Antarctic Peninsula. For a voyage of this magnitude, celebrating the impossible achievements of [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Antarctica with Peter Hillary and Dave Hahn
Posted in Antarctica, guest lecturers, tagged Antarctica, cruise, everest, explorers, hillary, luxury cruise, luxury travel, mountainclimbing, shackleton on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Corinthian II on Cruise Critic Forums
Posted in Antarctica, Ships, travel tips on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On the CruiseCritic.com forums, user Winegirl writes:
Corinthian II vs Endeavor vs Polar Star-any first hand knowledge?
Spouse is 46 and I’m 57. I have long been a student of polar exploration and am planning a trip to see some of Antarctica–only, not Falkland Islands. Spouse can get away for only a couple weeks, so we [...]
The Empire Stops Here
Posted in Italy, Mediterranean, tagged ancient history, classics, history, roman empire, Rome, travel on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Imperium sine fine”, they termed their empire: “dominion without limit.” Well, the Goths, Huns, Vandals and Moors had something to say about that. But Philip Parker’s new book, The Empire Stops Here, has a most intriguing concept:
to travel the entire length of what the Romans themselves termed the “limes”, the frontier zone of their empire. [...]
Stomping the South African Grape
Posted in Africa, tagged Africa, South Africa, stellenbosch, travel, wine on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
South Africa is coming up in the world. Just a couple of days ago it hosted the UEFA Confederations Cup of soccer, in which Brazil defeated the U.S. (yes, the United States!) 3-2 for the championship; next year the country will host the World Cup.
South Africa is also “the world’s ninth largest producer of wine, [...]
The Beautiful South
Posted in North America, tagged America, Atlantic coast, Charleston, cruise, Deep South, luxury cruise, South Carolina, travel on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Chahlstun,” you’d say if you were speaking like a native. We’re heading down to this languorous antique of South Carolina on our cruise of America’s Historic Atlantic Shores, in late September of this year, and in May and October of 2010, and just in the nick of time Forbes.com has a delightful piece on the [...]
Artful Meals in Toronto
Posted in North America, fine dining, travel tips on June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re heading to Toronto this summer, The Washington Post has thoughtfully written up a number of good restaurants in the Yorkville neighborhood, around the Royal Ontario Museum – designed by Daniel Libeskind. Libeskind’s tetrahedric design works perfectly for the museum’s restaurant, C5.
“Chef Ted Corrado, who has the boyish looks of a teen pop star, [...]
Does Your Ancient History Let You Down?
Posted in Uncategorized on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In her book, A Classical Education, Caroline Taggart says the ancient Greek and Roman influence is still alive and well in many aspects of the modern world, from language, architecture and science to art, maths and astronomy. But do you know your Plato from your Pluto? Take The Guardian’s quiz to find out.
You could do [...]
Indigenous Peoples Stand Up for the Peruvian Amazon
Posted in Brazil, South America, tagged amazon, cruise, indigenous peoples, luxury cruise, natural history, nature, Peru, pristine, rainforest on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Now this is an amazing story, reported by Johann Hari in The Independent:
Hari writes, “Earlier this year, Peru’s right-wing President, Alan Garcia, sold the rights to explore, log and drill 70 per cent of his country’s swathe of the Amazon to a slew of international oil companies. Garcia seems [...]
Ice Waves on Lake Huron
Posted in North America on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen. Off Mackinaw City, in a particularly cold winter, the water in Lake Huron below the surface ice supercooled. It expanded to break through the surface ice and froze into this incredible wave (courtesy codgy.com).
We sail to the Great Lakes during the summertime, so no [...]
In an Ancient Land, Now Submerged Beneath a Great Lake…
Posted in North America, archaeology, tagged archaeology, cruise, great lakes, marine archaeology, North America, travel on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It sounds like a prehistoric epic, made into a Hollywood movie. Nearly 10,000 years ago, the bottom of Lake Huron was dry land. Stone-Age hunters stalked herds of caribou here.
How do we know this? NewScientist.com tells us:
Scientists sonar-imaged the floor of Lake Huron and found snaking human-built structures. John O’Shea and Guy Meadows of the [...]
